not many books can make me cry, and when they do I know they are a true gem. I'm going to put down some of the most moving parts here
"People where laughing at my mother. They said if she was so good at magic, if she'd learned so much from her father the sorcerer, why didn't she save herself now? Why didn't she become a bird or a snake? I hoped she had swallowed the tablets (they where a poison) I'd brought her from the Muslim doctor. He said she would fly like a bird when she swallowed it; she would be above the world looking down at a world of snakes
And then I realized she had done nothing of the sort. I looked at my brother and saw his eyes were closed. My mother had managed to get the tablets to him. Luis was no longer felling anything. They couldn't hurt him anymore; his spirit had moved above him, even though his body was still breathing it's last ragged breaths.
I spoke to Luis without speaking. I said a prayer that no one could hear. My lips moved quickly.
I knew that my brother would still be a part of this world no matter what happened next. I felt my love for him so deeply that my blood seemed to flow down the street to him. My blood sang out my prayer for luis even while he was still living in our world."
"The fire was out of control. People were choking on the dparks and the smoke. One of the guards breathed in the fire, then clutched at his throat and chest as he lay dying. I knew we had to back away from the heat. We had to disappear from that place. But how could I leave my brother? I looked up; through the flames I could see him.
I know this is true: He opened his eyes for an instant. Other people were writhing and melting, but my brother stopped his flight long enough to look at me. An instant that would have to last forever. And then the flames rose higher and my brother was gone.
Amazing....
As for the back cover?
Estrella de Madrigal thought she knew herself daughter, granddaughter,
dearest friend. But truth is rare in this cruel and unforgiving century in
spain, when jews who refused conversion to Christianity risked
everything-love, life, family, faith.
Then: a startling discovery shakes Estrella's world to the core.
Emerging from a cocoon of secrets, new love burns brightly, but betrayal unleashes
a monstrous evil upon her. Estrella must find the strength-despite grave
consequences-to become the person she is destined to be.
dearest friend. But truth is rare in this cruel and unforgiving century in
spain, when jews who refused conversion to Christianity risked
everything-love, life, family, faith.
Then: a startling discovery shakes Estrella's world to the core.
Emerging from a cocoon of secrets, new love burns brightly, but betrayal unleashes
a monstrous evil upon her. Estrella must find the strength-despite grave
consequences-to become the person she is destined to be.
Remember the story she is about to tell you.
